{"title":"Michael Craig-Martin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMichael Craig-Martin's (b. Dublin, 1941) early works explore the conceptual possibilities of contemporary art, testing the boundaries between functional and functionless forms. The introduction of digital technology in recent years has resulted in the breakdown of the relationship between form and function, a process that Craig-Martin captures in his depictions of successive inventions, from the battery, to the cassette, to the laptop.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mcm-e-2015","title":"iPhone 6s","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Serpentine is pleased to present \u003cem\u003eiPhone 6s\u003c\/em\u003e, a new Limited Edition digital print by Michael Craig-Martin. Produced on the occasion of his exhibition \u003cem\u003eTransience\u003c\/em\u003e, which focuses on his painting and drawing practice through the lens of technology, it depicts the latest model of this popular smartphone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis multifunctional object has in recent years replaced the need for numerous other individual objects, including the calculator, diary, book and watch, all of which have been drawn and painted by Craig-Martin since the 1970s. However, the increasing speed with which new models of the iPhone are developed suggests that this object, too, will become obsolete in the near future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bJ3rHd5lPkE\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Craig-Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43802346634,"sku":"MCM-E-2015","price":720.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2113\/7453\/products\/iphone6s_crop_d59a75d3-b9ca-4cdc-b588-b7d049f8838b.jpg?v=1499785630"},{"product_id":"mcm-p-catalog","title":"Transience","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis new Michael Craig-Martin catalogue is produced to accompany the artist's exhibition Transience at the Serpentine Gallery, which focuses on drawings and paintings from 1981 to the present day that chart developments in technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis publication includes a foreword by Serpentine Galleries Directors Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist. Marco Livingstone has contributed a new essay titled \u003cem\u003eA perfect world, just out of reach\u003c\/em\u003e which situates Craig-Martin’s practice within a wider art historical perspective. For her text \u003cem\u003eObjects in transition\u003c\/em\u003e, design critic Alice Rawsthorn charts the Darwinian demise and survival of everyday objects in the face of new technologies. In conversation with artist Liam Gillick, Craig-Martin discusses a number of works in the exhibition and the shifts in technology over recent decades that have shaped his choice of subject matter and drawing practice. A timeline of significant world events and inventions from the period covered by the exhibition (1981-2015) also contextualises the appearance of certain objects within Craig-Martin’s work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are three book covers to select from, each depicting different objects in Craig-Martin’s paintings: headphones, a credit card and an electric plug socket.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Craig-Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43802352586,"sku":"978-3863358693","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2113\/7453\/files\/615fpAoIMiL._SL1200.avif?v=1788428699"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2113\/7453\/collections\/c4b8896ac48c8f3b06a2a3b8fe452ef3--michael-craig-aluminium.jpg?v=1788433555","url":"https:\/\/shop.serpentinegalleries.org\/collections\/michael-craig-martin.oembed","provider":"Serpentine Galleries","version":"1.0","type":"link"}